Rwanda: Screaming Matches and Personal Attacks an Indictment of Our Educational Woes

4 September 2012
opinion

Is it me or are we impolite, unpleasant, and unwilling to debate intelligently? This Saturday, this newspaper ran an opinion, 'Why I hate Miss Rwanda' (full disclosure: the author ran the piece on my personal blog the previous day) that caused plenty of public consternation, which of course, is what a good piece of writing is supposed to do.

When we write, we aim to start a conversation and when this doesn't happen, we've failed in our duty. However, I've noticed that the standards of discourse, when this conversation commences, is extremely rudimentary.

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